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Sultanate & Mughal Period

The Empress Who Ruled: Nur Jahan

How Mehr-un-Nissa became the most powerful woman of the Mughal Empire

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Bharat

2004
A major earthquake and tsunami devastated communities around the Indian Ocean, killing an estimated 227,898 people in 14 countries.
1825
Imperial Russian Army officers led about 3,000 soldiers in protest against Nicholas I's assumption of the throne after his elder brother Konstantin removed himself from the line of succession.

World

2025
Israel recognises Somaliland as an independent state, becoming the first country to do so.
2015
A violent tornado moves through several suburbs of Dallas, Texas, killing ten and injuring almost 500 others. It was the deadliest tornado to ever hit Texas during the month of December.
2015
A violent tornado moved through several suburbs of Dallas, United States, killing ten and injuring almost 500 others.
2006
Two earthquakes off the southwest coast of Taiwan damaged submarine communications cables, disrupting Internet services in Asia and affecting financial transactions.
1996
Six-year-old American beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado.
1996
The Federation of Korean Trade Unions called on its 1.2 million members to refuse to work, beginning the largest organized strike in South Korean history.

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